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Matthew 16:1

Context
The Demand for a Sign

16:1 Now when the Pharisees 1  and Sadducees 2  came to test Jesus, 3  they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 4 

Matthew 26:48

Context
26:48 (Now the betrayer 5  had given them a sign, saying, “The one I kiss is the man. 6  Arrest him!”) 7 

1 sn See the note on Pharisees in 3:7.

2 sn See the note on Sadducees in 3:7.

3 tn The object of the participle πειράζοντες (peirazontes) is not given in the Greek text but has been supplied here for clarity.

4 sn What exactly this sign would have been, given what Jesus was already doing, is not clear. But here is where the fence-sitters reside, refusing to commit to him.

5 tn Grk “the one who betrays him.”

6 tn Grk “The one I kiss is he.”

7 sn This remark is parenthetical within the narrative and has thus been placed in parentheses.



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